J Pat OMalley - Colonel Hathis March (The Elephant Song) Lyrics

Hup! Two! Three! Four!
Keep it up! Two! Three! Four!
Hup! Two! Three! Four!
Keep it up! Two! Three! Four!

Shere Khan: What beastly luck! Confound that ridiculous Colonel Hathi.

Company sound off!

Oh we march from here to there
And it doesn't matter where
You can hear us push
Through the deepest bush
Hup! Two! Three! Four!
With a military air
With a military air

We're a crackerjack brigade
On a pachyderm parade
But we'd rather stroll
To a water hole
Hup! Two! Three! Four!
For a furlough in the shade

Hup! Two! Three! Four!
Keep it up! Two! Three! Four!
Hup! Two! Three! Four!
Keep it up! Two! Three! Four!
Hup! Two! Three! Four!
Keep it up! Two! Three! Four!

Mowgli: A parade!

Bagheera: Oh, no! The Dawn Patrol again.

Company sound off!

Oh, the aim of our patrol
Is a question rather droll
For to march and drill
Over field and hill
(All trumpeting)
Is a military goal
Is a military goal

Hup! Two! Three! Four!
Dress it up! Two! Three! Four!

By the ranks or single file
Over every jungle mile
Oh we stamp and crush
Through the underbrush
(Hathi Junior trumpeting)
In the "militaly" style
In the military style

Mowgli: Hello. What are you doing?
Hathi Junior: Shh. Drilling.
Mowgli: Can I do it too?
Hathi Junior: Sure. Just do what I do and don't talk in rank. It's against regulations.

To the rear, march!
Hathi Junior: The other way. Turn around.
Hup! Two! Three! Four!
Keep it hup! Two! Three! Four!
To the rear... ho!
Company... halt!

Hathi Junior: That means "stop!".

Colonel Hathi: Forward... March!